Giuseppe Russo (athlete) explained

Nationality:Italian
National Team:Italy

5 caps (1934-1947)[1]

Sport:Athletics
Event:Hurdling
Club:
    • GUF Roma (1934-1944)
  • U.S. Milanese (1945-1947)
Birth Date:1913 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Palermo, Italy
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Pb:
  • 110 m hs: 15.0 (1947)[3]
  • 400 m hs: 54.7 (1939)[4]

Giuseppe "Peppino" Russo (13 March 1913 - 5 July 2010) was an Italian hurdler and sport coach, he was 7th in the 400 m hs at the 1938 European Athletics Championships.[1]

Biography

Federal technician from 1947 to 1968, he participated as athletic coach of the sprinting, in six Olympics from London 1948 to Mexico City 1968. Among the athletes he trained there was Livio Berruti, gold medal in the 200 m at the Olympics in Rome 1960.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010. asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. it. 19 March 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Atletica / Con Peppino Russo scompare l'ultimo dei maestri. sportolimpico.it. it. 7 July 2010. 19 March 2021.
  3. Web site: 110 METRI OSTACOLI – UOMINI. sportolimpico.it. it. 19 March 2021.
  4. Web site: Liste italiane maschili 1939. asaibrunobonomelli.it. 19 March 2021.
  5. Web site: Addio a Peppino Russo. fidal.it. it. 5 July 2010. 19 March 2021.
  6. Web site: II European Championship, Wien 1938. trackfield.brinkster.net. 19 March 2021.